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Babylonian Mathematical Astronomy: Procedure Texts

Autor Mathieu Ossendrijver
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 8 mai 2014

Această lucrare monumentală, semnată de Mathieu Ossendrijver și publicată de Springer, aduce o perspectivă proaspătă asupra celor mai vechi forme de astronomie matematică cunoscute. Față de literatura existentă, volumul se distinge prin aplicarea unor metode moderne din asiriologie și știința traducerii pentru a reinterpreta textele procedurale babiloniene, oferind ediții critice și analize ale algoritmilor astronomici care au precedat tabelele de calcul complexe. Credem că relevanța acestui titlu rezidă în capacitatea sa de a descifra mecanismele de calcul din spatele fenomenelor cerești, așa cum erau ele înțelese între anii 350 și 50 î.e.n. Babylonian Mathematical Astronomy: Procedure Texts acoperă aceeași arie tematică precum lucrarea clasică Astronomical Cuneiform Texts a lui O. Neugebauer, dar cu o abordare mult mai axată pe textele procedurale (instrucțiunile algoritmice) decât pe rezultatele tabelare finale. În timp ce Jöran Friberg în New Mathematical Cuneiform Texts explorează o gamă largă de texte matematice generale, Mathieu Ossendrijver se concentrează strict pe intersecția dintre matematică și observația astronomică, investigând aspecte lingvistice și matematice ignorate anterior. Structura volumului facilitează o progresie logică de la conceptele matematice fundamentale și sistemele de calcul, către aplicații specifice pentru mișcarea planetelor și a Lunii. Includerea a peste 100 de fotografii ale tăblițelor cuneiforme și a unui glosar detaliat transformă cele 642 de pagini într-un instrument de lucru esențial pentru cercetători. Subliniem faptul că această ediție pregătește terenul pentru înțelegerea modului în care babilonienii au formulat regulile matematice care au guvernat astronomia antică timp de secole.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781489988508
ISBN-10: 1489988505
Pagini: 618
Ilustrații: XXVI, 618 p.
Dimensiuni: 213 x 277 x 37 mm
Greutate: 1.46 kg
Ediția:2012 edition
Editura: Springer
Locul publicării:New York, NY, United States

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Această lucrare este indispensabilă cercetătorilor din domeniul istoriei științei și asiriologiei. Cititorul câștigă acces la traduceri actualizate și la o analiză riguroasă a algoritmilor antici, susținută de dovezi fotografice ale tăblițelor originale. Este resursa definitivă pentru a înțelege cum au fost fundamentate matematic observațiile cerești în Mesopotamia târzie, oferind o claritate fără precedent asupra textelor procedurale.


Descriere scurtă

This book contains new translations and a new analysis of the procedure texts of Babylonian mathematical astronomy,  the earliest known form of mathematical astronomy of the ancient world. The translations are based on a modern approach incorporating recent insights from Assyriology and translation science. 
The work contains updated and expanded interpretations of the astronomical algorithms and investigations of previously ignored linguistic, mathematical and other aspects of the procedure texts.
Special attention is paid to issues of mathematical representation and over 100 photos of cuneiform tablets dating from 350-50 BCE are presented.
In 2-3 years, the author intends to continue his study of Babylonian mathematical astronomy  with a new publication which will contain new editions and reconstructions of approx. 250 tabular texts and a new philological, astronomical and mathematical analysis of these texts. Tabular texts are end products of Babylonian math astronomy, computed with algorithms that are formulated in the present volume, Procedure Texts.

Cuprins

Preface.- Acknowledgements.- Abbreviations and symbols.- 1. Procedure texts.- 2. Mathematical concepts – from numbers to computational systems.- 3. Planets.- 4. Moon.- 5. Critical editions.- Appendices.- Glossary.- Bibliography.- Indices.

Recenzii

From the reviews:
"This book is unquestionably the most significant publication on Babylonian mathematical astronomy since Neugebauer’s ACT. Living up to the standard set by Neugebauer is no small challenge, but there is no doubt that Ossendrijver has succeeded in that task, producing both a clearly written and technically outstanding study of these highly important texts." (J.M. Steele, Journal for the History of Astronomy, August, 2013)
“The available corpus of Babylonian texts concerning mathematical astronomy … consists of about 440 tablets, dating roughly between 450 and 50 BC. … very readable photographs of the tablets are provided. … this book will allow scholars with an inclination toward mathematics, and an interest in the history of science in antiquity, to be in contact with its raw products without having to devote their entire lives to such study.” (Bruno Poizat, Mathematical Reviews, April, 2013)

Textul de pe ultima copertă

Babylonian Mathematical Astronomy: Procedure Texts contains a new analysis of the procedure texts of Babylonian mathematical astronomy. These cuneiform tablets, excavated in Babylon and Uruk and dating from 350‒50 BCE, contain computational instructions that represent the earliest known form of mathematical astronomy of the ancient world. The targeted readership includes assyriologists, historians of science, astronomers and others with an interest in Babylonian astronomy.
The book includes new translations of all 108 available tablets that are based on a modern approach incorporating recent insights from assyriology and translation science. All translations are accompanied by commentaries and photographs of the tablets. The preceding chapters are devoted to documentary, lexical, semantic, mathematical and astronomical aspects of the procedure texts. Special attention is given to issues of mathematical representation, a topic that had previously been largely ignored. Mathematical concepts are presented in a didactic fashion, setting out from the most elementary ones (numbers and elementary operations) to more complex ones (algorithms and computational systems). Chapters devoted to the planets and the Moon contain updated and expanded reconstructions and astronomical interpretations of the algorithms.  
The author intends to continue his study of Babylonian mathematical astronomy with a new publication devoted to the Tabular Texts—the end products of Babylonian mathematical astronomy, computed with algorithms that are formulated in the present volume. The upcoming volume will contain new editions and reconstructions of over 250 tabular texts and a new philological, astronomical, and mathematical analysis of these texts.

Caracteristici

Fully revised and expanded translation and analysis of the procedure texts of Babylonian mathematical astronomy Babylonian mathematical astronomy is explained through simple concepts to increasingly complex concepts and algorithms Incorporates a typological analysis of all astronomical procedures Includes a glossary of Babylonian technical astronomical terms, many of which are not adequately explained in the available dictionaries Includes over 100 photos of cuneiform tablets dating from 350-50 BCE Incorporates recent insights from Assyriology and translation science Contains updated and expanded astronomical interpretations and investigations that have previously ignored in linguistic, mathematical and other aspects